Firefighters were called to a road traffic collision on Colchester Road in Great Bentley this afternoon.

On arrival, crews reported that three vehicles had collided and a driver in a Light Goods Vehicle (LGV) was trapped in their vehicle. 

Firefighters worked to rescue the person by 4:40pm. 

Firefighters were called to a farm building alight in Great Holland this lunchtime (Tuesday 27 July).

When fire crews arrived they reported that the building, which measured approximately 30m x 40m, was completely on fire.

Firefighters were called by the Ambulance Service to reports of an unknown chemical in a residential flat in Witham.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the flat to collect a sample of the chemical so it could be identified by the Service's DIM (detection, identification and monitoring) equipment.

Firefighters were called to assist at the scene of a road traffic collision involving two vehicles which left one person trapped in their vehicle.

Fire crews worked with paramedics to safely rescued the casualty from the vehicle by 2:15pm. The casualty was left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

Firefighters have issued safety advice after a woman was rescued following a kitchen fire.

Crews from Witham and Chelmsford were called to Greenwell Road, Witham today at 12.38am.

A woman had left chips cooking on a tray on the hob while she was upstairs and it caught fire. 

Watch Manager Andy Mott said: "She tried to put it out with a dry tea towel but that caught fire too and it spread to the extractor hood and cooker.

Firefighters carried out an unusual rescue when they freed a cat from a lorry's engine.

We were called by the RSPCA to Spring Gardens Road, Wakes Colne today at 9.48am after a cat was found trapped in a vehicle.

One crew from Colchester attended and freed the cat by 10.34am.

Crew Manager Noel Bush said: “The lorry driver heard a cat meowing and found it inside the bonnet.

"He had been parked overnight in Wormingford and it must have climbed up and got trapped in the windscreen wiper mechanism.

Firefighters were called to a road traffic collision on Sutton Road in Rochford this morning where a single vehicle had left the roadway and left one person trapped in the vehicle.

Fire crews worked with paramedics to safely rescued the casualty from their vehicle.

The casualty was rescued by 8:30am and left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

Firefighters were called to Head Street, Colchester this morning after reports that concrete was falling from the roof of a building.

Fire crews used their aerial ladder platform (ALP) to reach the roof and found that there was damage to a concrete plinth.

The surrounding area was cordoned off as a precaution and fire crews worked to ensure the scene was safe.

Crews have extinguished a fire in a barn containing 600 tonnes of hay.

Firefighters were called to Chignal Road, Chignal Smealey this evening at 8.08pm.

Two crews from Chelmsford attended along with Billericay's Off Road Vehicle, due to the remote location.

Crews tackled the fire and were assisted by the farm's digger, tractors and trailers which helped to move the burning hay away from the barn.

UPDATE 12.25PM

Essex Police has confirmed that a woman has sadly died following a road traffic collision in Boreham this morning.

A dark BMW 3 Series car was reported to have been in collision with a construction digger.

A 29-year old woman, believed to have been a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A man and a woman, believed to be the driver of the car and a second passenger, have been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested.